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Benjamin Cretois
I am a PhD Candidate in the project Digital Transformation where I am specializing in data analysis. I am passionate about making data more useful and more comprehensible for scientists and citizens and I am looking forward to continue working with data as a Data Scientist.
Education
PhD. Candidate, Spatial Data Analysis
Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Trondheim, Norway
Current - 2018
- Finding methods to improve the use of Citizen Science data
- Managing master students’ projects
- Teaching assistant in Quantitative methods and GIS courses
B.Sc & M.Sc. in Ecology & Evolution
Université de Rennes I
Rennes, France
2018 - 2016
- Thesis: “The revival of wolves and other large carnivores and their impact on the livelihood of rural communities”
- Basic of database management (Microsoft Access and SQL)
Experience
Research Assistant
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Trondheim, Norway
2018
- Analyzing and summarizing depredation data from European countries
Research Assistant
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Trondheim, Norway
2017
- Use of text data mining and classification methods to analyze environmental legislation
Selected Writing
Point pattern analysis in R
benjamincretois.netlify.app
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2020
- I create blogposts about complex concepts that I try to communicate in a simple way
- This is a tutorial on analysing spatial patterns in R using Bayesian methods
Accounting for spatial varying sampling effort due to accessibility in Citizen Science data
Spatial Statistics
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2020
- Sicacha-Parada, J., Steinsland, I., Cretois, B., & Borgelt, J.
- We attempted to correct for biases in Citizen Science data
What form of human-wildlife coexistence is mandated by legislation? A comparative analysis of international and national instruments
Biodiversity and Conservation
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2019
- Cretois, B., Linnell, J. D., Kaltenborn, B. P., & Trouwborst, A.
- We used text mining and clustering algorithms